Jet airliner American Airlines Flight 1 crashes into Pumpkin Patch Channel of Jamaica Bay in New York soon after takeoff from Idlewild Airport (now John F. Kennedy International Airport), bound for Los Angeles. Rescuers and the police inspect the area. The ruins of the crashed Boeing 707-123B on a marshy area and in the Bay. Skin divers board boats to head out and search for bodies. Some bodies of victims are carried away on stretchers.
A ticker tape parade in honor of American astronauts in New York. A large crowd of civilians greet and welcome the astronauts. Astronauts Donald Kent Slayton, Virgil Ivan Grissom, Malcolm Scott Carpenter and John Herschel Glenn Jr. wave as they move in a motorcade. The astronauts arrive at the City Hall for a ceremony. Lord Mayor of Perth attends the ceremony to salute John H.Glenn. American astronaut John H.Glenn Jr. signs the Gold Book. He receives the New York City's Gold Medal of Honor.
Preparations for an underground nuclear test in New Mexico. At the Carlsbad Caverns National Park engineers prepare for the underground nuclear test during Project Gnome. The engineers board an elevator and go underground. They inspect instruments and a tunnel. Some engineers transfer cargo via a trailer. A man emerges from a narrow tunnel.
Handicap Triple at Aqueduct Racetrack in New York. A large crowd of spectators gather at the racetrack for a horse race. The Brooklyn Handicap of the New York Handicap Triple begins. Racehorse Kelso with jockey Eddie Arcaro wins the race against racehorse Divine Comedy.
French postal worker from the village of LaFayette, France, personally delivers post cards in New York City, attesting to friendship between the French and American people, on 200th anniversary of the birth of the Marquis de Lafayette. He arrives on an Air France DC-6. The postcards are sent in response to a broadcast over Radio Europe about Franco-American relations. Men load sacks of postcards on a cart. The French Postman rides the cart with the mail. He meets Mr. A.N. Spanel (Abraham Nathaniel Spanel), founder and chairman of the International Latex Corporation, who made the radio broadcast.
The March of Dimes Fashion Show in New York, United States. Models walk on a ramp. The guests include Jean Marie MacArthur, wife of Douglas MacArthur, and famous personalities and journalists such as Dorothy Kilgallen and Elsa Maxwell. Gossip columnist and author Elsa Maxwell on the catwalk. Basil O'Connor, President of the National FoundationâMarch of Dimes, smokes while talking to celebrity guests. Models pose in evening gowns exhibiting Spring collections from American fashion designers. Spanish artist Salvador DalĂ is seen in attendance. 1957 Polio Poster Girl Marlene Olsen walks on the ramp.
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